Collection of Documents Concerning Italian Jewry. Italy, 17th-19th Centuries

Collection of Documents Concerning Italian Jewry. Italy, 17th-19th Centuries

[8] documents, mainly legal, concerning Italian Jewry. Italy, 17th-19th centuries.

* Document related to legal proceedings in the 1680's. [2] pages, paper. 22x34 cm. Italian.

* Il presidente, E maestrato arciducale di mantova, Matua, 1718. Document related to a legal matter. [2] pages, paper. 21x35 cm. Italian.

* Ferrariensis pro Mandulino burghio hebreo contra carolum Antonium Nigrisolem, 1719. Legal document. 12 pages, paper. 19x28 cm. Italian.

* "This is the Order of Decision Making and Leadership placed by ... the elected ones of the congregation of Mantua." Mantua 1722. [4] leaves, paper, on one uncut paper scroll. 20x27 cm. Hebrew. Contains 27 clauses of regulations for tax assessments and the community constitution. The regulations are defined as valid for three years. The last regulation ends in the middle of a sentence. The National Library has 17 editions of the Order of Decision Making in the Mantua congregation between 1651-1795, and the one before us is the third in the series.

* In dei nomine amen & c. Anno Domini 1751. Regarding a legal proceeding by a Jew against an apostate. [1] leaf, paper. 20x29 cm. Handwritten addition relating to this document on an another page. Italian.

* Letter from Rabbi Yosef HaLevi of Alexandria regarding a person who requires a passport and the question regarding the need to give a get to his wife. [1] paper leaf. 19x28 cm. Italian.

* Printed list of [16] names in Italian, with no further details. Rare.

List of names in Italian, with no further details. Among the names is Marini Sebastiano, who may be Rabbi Shabtai Marini, one of the Ramchal's foremost disciples. The name Iona Raffaele also appears.

* Scheda dei Consiglieri Provinciali. Appears to be a list of regional advisers. With no note of time or place. [1] leaf, paper. Italian. 12x17 cm.

General Condition: Fine. Fold marks. Aging stains.